# Entertainment on the cheap

**URL:** <https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044>\
**Category:** useful info\
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044 "2015-08-27T19:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044/1 "2015-08-27T19:27:48Z")

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I don’t have a use for a TV, except… To watch movies, and I want something more comfortable than watching them on my computer.

So if I have a (large) monitor with HDMI input, and a DVD player with HDMI, that should work, right?

I got nothing but blank looks at Best Buy.

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**Author:** ![GluxuPedhakquon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/gluxupedhakquon/32/9_2.png) [@GluxuPedhakquon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/GluxuPedhakquon)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044/2 "2015-08-27T19:49:23Z")

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I would think so, as long as the monitor has built in speakers or you have another audio solution in place.

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**Author:** ![Darktan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/darktan/32/36_2.png) [@Darktan](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Darktan)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044/3 "2015-08-27T20:00:03Z")

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It will. You may have some stuttering due to variations in the video card and TV frequency but nothing that can’t be tweaked I’m sure. I have my media center PC hooked up to a 4K TV and it works fine.

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**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044/4 "2015-08-27T20:03:40Z")

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It works. I’ve done it and at least one of my buddies has, too. Heck, I did that with RCA connections back before HDMI, especially with a projector. You could also just play the DVDs in your computer.

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**Author:** ![ClockWorkXon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/clockworkxon/32/593_2.png) [@ClockWorkXon](https://cog.discourse.group/u/ClockWorkXon)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/entertainment-on-the-cheap/1044/5 "2015-08-27T20:59:29Z")

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Thanks all, for your answers. I am going to give it a try.